• I think science journalism is valuable and important, and in order to earn the trust of both scientists and the public, it needs to make honest, [...]

  Quote of the Day

  July 13, 2009
• Via Jezebel and The F-Word, a nauseating ad campaign from Bacardi (warning: link plays music and also destroys your soul) suggesting we all make [...]

  I would need a lot more than a Bacardi Breezer to be able to stomach this

  June 20, 2009
• Jezebel points us to a maddeningly obtuse series of recent articles about the Obamas’ eating habits. (There’s even an [unofficial] [...]

  The Obamas: Just like us!

  June 17, 2009
• What is there to say about MeMe Roth that isn’t obvious to the point of boredom? A new Guardian profile calls her “the woman who [...]

  It’s not easy being MeMe

  May 27, 2009

• It’s time for me to ask for your help with the media once again. I’m talking to a reporter who’s doing a story about what [...]

  Want to talk to another reporter?

  May 20, 2009
• I just wrote for Broadsheet about a new study that found specific genes associated with determining when puberty begins for girls (and in one [...]

  Genetic link found among shortness, fatness, and early puberty

  May 18, 2009
• -Lauredhel: Fat acceptance and Oppression Olympics fail on The Gruen Transfer  An excellent elaboration of Rule 11, among other things. The [...]

  Read ‘Em

  May 14, 2009
• So, a week or so ago, I did an interview with Joel Mathis from the Philadelphia Weekly. (I was warned that it would be about fat women and [...]

  In Which I Continue to Learn the Hard Way What NOT to Say to Reporters

  May 13, 2009

• A couple people have e-mailed me (thank you) about Bob Greene saying on Larry King that it’s healthier to yo-yo diet than stay fat. [...]

  Shut up, Bob Greene

  May 5, 2009
• OK, so the best article that ever has been and probably ever will be written about me is in the Chicago Tribune today. (Thank you, Nara [...]

  Behold the Queen of Fats

  April 30, 2009